Decrease and Shave

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• The act of removing hair with a razor.
  • synonyms: shaving

verb

• Remove body hair with a razor.
• Cut closely.
  • usage: "trim my beard"
  • synonyms: trim
• Cut the price of.
  • synonyms: knock off
• Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
  • usage: "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
  • synonyms: plane
• Make shavings of or reduce to shavings.
  • usage: "shave the radish"
• Touch the surface of lightly.
  • usage: "His back shaved the counter in passing"

• (v.i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
• (v.t.) To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
• obs. p. p. of Shave.
• (v.t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
• (v.t.) A thin slice; a shaving.
• (v.t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to or touch lightly, in passing.
• (v.t.) To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
• (v.t.) To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
• (v.t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
• (v.t.) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
• (v.t.) A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
• (v.t.) A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
• (v.t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.

(1) to cut a price by a small margin. (2) reducing the amount a seller receives by raising the charge for handing the sale of a low quality financial instrument.